Cut-off for water-conductors.



"PATENTED MAY, 19, 1903.

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CUT-OPP FOR WATER GONDUUTORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER D. NOEL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CUT-OFF FOR WATER-CONDUCTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,281, dated May 19, 1903. Application filed March 14, 1902- Serial No. 98,113. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may c0ncermlarly for down-spouts for the conducting ofrain-water from the roofs of houses. "It has special reference to the construction of cutoflswhereby the water can be turned into the cistern or turned to vdischarge into'a sewer or other overflow or upon the ground;

and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby a handle or lever with which to shift and hold the shifting spout thatcontrols the discharge may be used interchangeably upon either side of the down-spout, according as the location and surrounding circumstances may render most convenient. With cut-ofis of similar general construction heretofore in general use the shifting-spout lever or handle has been a fixture on one side of the conduit. I I V I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in Which- Figure Us a side elevation of a cut-0E with my improvements applied, the view showing the near wall of the conduit and branchtherefrom broken away'to reveal the inside arrangement; Fig. 2, a front elevation of same, showing parts broken away and in section; and Fig. 3 is a detail of the'shifting -lever and shifting-spout hanger with which it operates detached from the rest of the device.

Like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

1 represents the down-spout, land 2 a branch therefrom.

3 is the shifting-spout, located at the junction of the two pipes and adapted by shape, size, and manner and place of location to direct the water from the down-spout into the branch pipe or to cut off the branch pipe and permit the flow-unobstructedly down through the main pipe. Inside room for the adj ustment of the shifting spout is obtained by introducing the diagonal wall 10 across the upper corner between spouts 1 and 3, and to insure a thorough cut oil? from the downspout to the branch pipe I'extend the wall 1, so as to form a flange which projects past the mouth of the branchpipe into the closure at the junction of the said pipes, as shown at 11, to form an overlap with the shiftingspout when the latter is in its upright position.

The shifting spout 3 is pivotally supported on the small rods 4-4, which'haveenlarged angular heads 5 at one end of each. The manher of insertion is as follows: The sides of the down-spout are perforated with diametrically opposite holes just large enough to allow the rods 4 to be passed through from the outside and are inserted until arrested by contact with said spout sides of the enlarged heads. Then the stubs or ends onthe inside are soldered or otherwisesecurely fastened to the shiftingspout in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2 after having been previously bent to fit the curvature of the spout. The angular enlargements or heads 5 serve two important purposes: First, they keep the pivotrods from being drawn into the down-spout, and thereby deprived of support from said spout, and, second, they form the means on either side of the down-spout for removably securing the handle or lever 6. This lever 6,

as clearlyshown in the drawings, has-the eye .7 to fit on the head 5 and may be used interof the catches 8 and 9, under whichthe lever is sprung and caught,'as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, vis

1. The combination of a down spout or pipe and a branch pipe, the wall of the down-spout extending into the closure at the junction of the two pipes, to form a flange-overlap for a shifting spout, of a shifting spout at the j unction of said two pipes, pivot-rods with enlarged angular heads entering the down-spout from either side of said spout and having their inserted ends passed through the walls of the shifting spout and secured to the inside surface of the shifting spout, said rods extending only part Way across the spout and a lever with an eye to fit a head of the pivotrods whereby it is detachable and changeable from one side of the down-spout to the other.

2. A down spout or pipe, a branch pipe therefrom, a Wall oblique to both pipes, Khak ing top connection between the down-spout and branch pipe, the Walls of the down-spout extending into the closure thus formed, to form a flange-overlap for a shifting spout, a shifting spout to change the flow from the down-pipe to the branch pipe, pivot-rods secured to the shifting spout and extending SYLVESTER D. NOEL.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. MINTURN, S. MAI-ILON UNGER. 

